Metallurgical/Mineral Processing 工程, M.S.

Why Study Metallurgical/Mineral Processing 工程 at Montana Tech?

Montana Tech has awarded 学位s in Metallurgical 工程 since 1922. Build upon our century of metallurgical and materials science expertise with a program that has a great track record of career opportunities and graduate placement.

Excellent Career Outcomes and Placement

Career opportunities and placement for graduate students in Metallurgical 工程 have been excellent. Companies who have hired our graduate students in recent years include Pegasus Gold; Kaiser Aluminum; Stillwater Mining Co.; Placer Dome U.S.公司.; Newmont Gold Co.; American Barrick Resources Corp.; Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corp.; ASARCO公司.; Phelps Dodge Corp.; AMAX Gold公司.; Magma Metals Co.和美国商业银行.

Three options for individualized research

Graduate research may be pursued in any of three areas of concentration. Mineral Processing 工程 deals with the extraction, separation, and concentration of minerals from raw ores. 采掘冶金 focuses on refining processes, 如火法冶金, 湿法冶金术, 和电冶金, through which concentrates are refined into a pure metal form. 材料科学 emphasizes the study of physical and chemical properties associated with metals, 陶瓷, 眼镜, 塑料, 和渣.

State-of-the-Art Labs and Equipment

Our labs help metallurgical engineering graduate students conduct research that makes an impact. Use state-of-the-art analytical, laboratory, and field equipment. You’ll have access to instruments in for your metallurgical engineering research and opportunities to work one-on-one with faculty.

实习

Receive even more hands-on experience through a variety of metallurgical engineering internships in many employment areas, such as engineering consulting, 生物材料, 或航空. As an in-demand metallurgical engineering student, you’ll have your pick of top internships in your area of interest.

突出的位置

While earning your graduate 学位 in materials science and engineering, you’ll also have countless opportunities to enjoy Montana’s great outdoors both in and around 孤峰 as well as across the state. 孤峰 boasts access to several ski hills, hot springs and a plethora of camping, 徒步旅行, 道路和自行车骑行地点.

5^th 年硕士

Qualified Montana Tech undergraduates have the opportunity to receive an accelerated MS 学位 by getting a jump start on required graduate coursework. Careful design to include qualifying graduate-level coursework into the undergraduate curriculum will lead to an accelerated MS 学位.

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What is Metallurgical and Materials 工程?

Metallurgical and Materials 工程 is a diverse and interesting specialty that impacts nearly every facet of our economy. 它应用了化学, physics and math to recycling and treating wastes, separating minerals into concentrates, producing and purifying metals, manufacturing metals into products, 创建材料, and joining materials together.

Metallurgical and Materials 工程 students learn the wonders of innovation and how materials can be manipulated to meet modern demand through a series of labs. As one of Montana Tech’s lab-based “heritage programs,” students reinforce theoretical concepts through “hands-on” experiential learning in laboratories that emphasize practical, 自从练习.

A Metallurgical and Materials 工程 学位 leads to high-paying jobs in a broad spectrum of fields.

What Kinds of Jobs Do Metallurgical/ Mineral Processing Graduates Get?

Metallurgical/Mineral Processing graduates work with all aspects of metal and non-metal processing and manufacturing. Mineral processing engineers have the responsibility of accepting ore mined from the earth, comminuting the ore until liberation occurs, and then removing the valuable minerals in the form of concentrates. Extractive metallurgical engineers extract the valuable metals from the concentrates, remove impurities from the metals using aqueous or thermal chemistry, and then market the purified metal as a commodity. Physical metallurgical engineers accept various purified metals and alloy them to control a number of characteristics including strength and corrosion resistance. Materials engineers control the same characteristics but pertaining to 塑料, 复合材料, 眼镜, 陶瓷, 等.

Explore Classes in Metallurgical and Materials Processing

M.S. 学位s in Metallurgical/Mineral Processing 工程 can be obtained by two options. Option A, the thesis option, requires 20 course credits, 8 thesis credits, and 3 seminar credits. Option B, the non-thesis option, requires 34 course credits and 3 seminar credits. Curricular programs will be established by the student and the graduate advisor in consultation with the graduate advisory committee. The student must demonstrate competence in both oral and written communication, 高等数学, 以及电脑的使用.

Off-campus research is encouraged. The 学位 requirements are the same as those described above for in-house research thesis projects. This allows students to pursue a thesis research project at their place of employment.